Darren Gilligan's surrender is sought by Spanish authorities over an alleged breach of public order and safety
DARREN GILLIGAN, SON of convicted drug dealer John Gilligan, has appeared before the High Court in respect of a extradition request issued by the Spanish authorities.
He was detained on foot of an Schengen Information System Alert issued by the Spanish authorities, which informed the gardaí that a European Arrest Warrant seeking his surrender had been made in respect of Darren Gilligan. Giving details of his arrest, Detective Garda Adrian Murray told the court that he arrested and cautioned Darren Gilligan at an address in West Dublin on Wednesday morning.The detective told the court that when he asked Gilligan if he knew what the allegations contained in the SIS were about, he replied “Yes” and that it came “from being in the wrong place at the wrong time over nothing I done.”
Gilligan, who was accompanied in court by members of his family, was represented during the hearing by Mark Lynam Bl.
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